Wouldn’t it be funny if A-Rod was juicing again? I mean, it wouldn’t really be funny, but, it sort of would be…right? Sure, for the integrity of the game of baseball, it wouldn’t be funny it would be a disgrace – but there is a small part that would be funny.

I’ll be honest, every time I see him round the bases after hitting a ball outside the park I think to myself “what if he is juicing again?”
Sometime I will say that same statement to a few friends who might be around when I see him hit a home run, and we always get into a nice conversation about it.

I saw A-Rod hit a homerun the other night against the Texas Rangers on his 40th birthday. During the broadcast they showed his career stats in homeruns, RBIs and runs — all of which made me think, what if this guy would have been clean his whole career? And on top of that, what if he would have been healthier throughout his career?

There will always be people who will claim that A-Rod’s numbers come with a huge discrepancy. I am not saying that they don’t, some of them certainly do. But let’s remember that this guy was always a world-class player, even when he was younger in the days before he “beefed up.” The A-Rod in Seattle and Texas was an incredible player and certainly deserved a lot of the accolades he got.

The most amazing thing might be the way the Yankees fans have overwhelmingly forgiven him of all the wrong he has done. Now that might be because of the amazing season he has had so far, but still, to see the city rally around this guy has been shocking.

It almost seems like as long as he is hitting bombs over the fence and driving runs across the plate that the fans don’t even consider this guy has ever done wrong. Now it doesn’t take long to remember that he certainly has done wrong, but for a short time (mainly, while he is on the field) all of that seems to disappear.

I have always had mixed feelings about A-Rod, I used to be a big fan but was so disappointed when he joined the Yankees. I used to really enjoy his play on the field but was disappointed with some of his incidents on the field throughout the years. Oh and then there is the whole taking performance enhancers thing, that too.

But I will say that I have mad respect for the old man getting back out there after a big injury and a huge suspension. It could have been easy for the guy to just take the easy way out and stroll into retirement with a ton of money, but he worked his tail off and has had a great comeback season.

Let’s see how he finishes it as he tries to help the Yankees make the playoffs (which they are currently in line for). But still, it would be pretty funny to find out if he was juicing again for this season — he probably isn’t, I have no idea — but wow, now that would be a story.

Tyler Rollason is a Winder-Barrow High School and University of West Georgia graduate. You can e-mail comments about this column to tyrollason@yahoo.com.

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